Old Testament
Psalms 131
Overview
One of the shortest psalms, this is a tender confession of humble trust. David refuses proud ambition and "things too great" for him, and instead pictures his soul as a weaned child resting quietly against its mother. The psalm ends by calling all Israel to hope in the LORD with that same settled calm.
1A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
2Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
3Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever.